A final tribute will be paid on Saturday to Pengo Bossio Wangi, killed in the racist attack of October 23 in Trappes, his family said, during a public ceremony at the Guyancourt cemetery. The 26-year-old young man had been targeted for his skin color by the suspect, Kevin T., who considered the town of Yvelines to be "a den of Islamists".
Published on: 07/11/2026 - 11:14
A final tribute “in contemplation, serenity and dignity”. The funeral of Pengo Bossio Wangi, killed during the terrorist attack of October 23 in Trappes, will take place on Saturday November 7 in Guyancourt, his family said in a press release sent to AFP on Friday evening by their lawyer.
The public ceremony will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the landscaped cemetery of Guyancourt, in Yvelines, and "is open to all those who wish to pay tribute to Pengo and spend this moment with us", write in this document the victim's mother, Valérie Bossio, and two of her sisters, Tiffany and Ritsia Brou. However, it is not open “to journalists” and “to women and politicians”, according to the press release.
“This decision does not reflect any distrust towards them: it responds to our only wish to experience this moment of mourning far from any media exposure and any recovery, whatever it may be,” explains the family.
A young French hopeful in mixed martial arts (MMA), which he practiced at the Atch Academy in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), Pengo Bossio Wangi was 26 years old when he died.
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“Hate is fueled by far-right speeches”
Friday October 23, Kevin T. shot and killed this young black man in Trappes and injured seven people, including an 11-year-old girl who was seriously injured in La Verrière, a neighboring town.
Indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on October 29, the suspect admitted to having "specifically targeted people (...) of the Muslim or African or North African type" and chose Trappes, a city considered in his eyes as "a den of Islamists", according to the national anti-terrorism prosecutor Olivier Christen.
Stickers glorifying the RN were also found at his home in Plaisir (Yvelines), according to the magistrate.
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The Élysée has also planned to pay a national tribute to the victims of this racist attack on a date not yet defined. The father of the young man killed, Bolema Bossio Wangi, had hoped on Monday that this moment would be “an opportunity for real awareness and commitment against racism”.
His lawyer, Me Zineb Alami, stressed that hatred is fueled by far-right speeches, relayed in particular by "media which offer them a permanent platform".
With AFP
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